Song of Solomon 2:14 “O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let Me see thy countenance, let Me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.”
Here is a call to one on One fellowship.
He is that Rock, that was cleft, and He would have us spend these precious times with Him…that we become so like Him, that we show Him forth.
For we manifest Jesus most by what we are in our lives….not just what we say.
It is a demanding thing, for it requires that you set aside time for this fellowship…and that you allow nothing to interfere with it.
(When I was first born again, the pastor challenged each of us in the church to pray at least ½ hour a day.
Well, I thought that would be easy….but I realized that beyond my confessions, and my requests for people….there was still time. So I began to just tell the Lord about my days….about how I felt about this thing that had happened and so on.
It became a way for the Lord and I….and He showed me that I could do this all through the day. It might seem elementary, to take a minute and say, “show me, Lord, about this”….or “help me say the right thing”….or “forgive me for my anger”…..but it opened up, and expanded my view of God’s Presence…and I became a lot more grateful for His grace.)
This is a time of honesty…where we come before Him, and talk to Him about our day….our life, our plans, our thoughts….
…for though He knows everything….it is in the sharing of these things, that fellowship becomes real.
Sometimes it is harder to be honest with ourselves, then with God….and this helps here, as well. Sometimes, we just can not believe we could feel that way, or act this way….but talking to the Lord shows us,….as us. And then there is grace to change, or correct our attitude.
(But do we have this desire?
Before in the Song, the believer has said, “Draw me,” to the Lord. How she longs for that personal relationship….and that relationship with the king,…her king!
Song of Solomon 1:4 “Draw me, we will run after Thee: the king hath brought me into His chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love more than wine: the upright love Thee.”
The lack of desire is the ill of all ills
Many thousands, through it, the dark pathway have trod.
The Balsams, the wine of predestinate wills;
Is the jubilant pining and longing for God.
God loves to be longed for, He loves to be sought.
For He sought us Himself, with such longing and love;
He died for desire of us, marvelous thought
, And He longs for us now to be with Him above.)
Song of Solomon 2:15 “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.”
It is not big foxes,….for they are kept out, by fences. But little foxes, which creep in unawares, and nip off the “tender grapes”…or the grapes which have not completely matured.
The fruit is coming on….but if the little foxes nip them off…the whole cluster of fruit, that could have been, will be ruined.
These little foxes are little self-sins…between us and the Lord.
A certain way we do things….our way, not what the Lord wants now.
Some of these things are unimportant….they mean nothing at all….yet, if we will not let go of them….the influence of the Adversary, the devil, can “spring up”….just at the right time to exert influence in our actions or conversation.
Hebrews 12:15 “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;”
All through the book of Hebrews, the writer is exhorting the Hebrew Christians to let go of the past traditions….for the veil was rent….the way to come to God was opened in Christ [Hebrews 10:19-20].
But, because at this time the Temple was still there, and because of the persecution they were going through….many were looking backward. This caused much distress, and unneeded worry.
But faith and grace was there for them….Christ Jesus was standing before God for them….
…and the writer exhorts them to “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering: (for He is faithful that promised;)” Hebrews 10:23
The answer was keep looking to Christ, and grow in grace. They were “failing in grace”, because they were not using the grace….but letting the little foxes of troubles, destroy the fruit they could have had.
“..lest any root of bitterness spinging up trouble you….”
Here is a little fox that turned into a roaring lion, if not attended to. Every root of bitterness needs to be “rooted out”….so it can be clearly seen.
And then cast aside….to go on with Christ!
It is “take us the little foxes”…..Christ and you, together.
And as we deal with all the things that come between the Lord and us….we get to know Him better….we grow in the grace to do….we diligently learn to rely wholly upon Christ Jesus…
…and that gives us great help in all our times of need, trouble, or distress.
The call is, “Come, let us fellowship together…..for together, we can meet all the obstacles that come up.
Song of Solomon 2:14 “O my dove, that art in the cleft of the Rock, in the secret places of the staris, let Me see thy countenance, let Me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and they countenance is comely.”
The Lord calls, will we anwer?
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